city as president obama and nato leaders look for a faster exit from the combat troops from afghanistan. >> today we'll decide the next phase of the transition. the next milestone. we'll set a goal for afghan forces to take the lead for combat operations across the country in 2013. next year. of but pakistan doesn't get the message. it is not cooperating. president obama snubs pakistan's president za darry, shuffling him off to meet with secretary of state clinton instead of with the president after zardari refuses to reopen supply lines for materials to the war zone. while the president goes for a hail mary at soldier field, is his campaign guilty of unneccessary roughness on bain capital? team obama launches another video today, a hit on mitt romney as a leading democratic ally slams the obama campaign

tactic on "meet the press." >> this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. >> and the "saturday night live" emotional sendoff. mick jagger helps the snl team bid an emotional farewell to chr kristin wii g. ♪ >> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in chicago where the president is now hosting his first nato summit, the first ever held outside of washington and only the third held in the united states since the alliance was founded more than a half century

ago. president obama today announced that nato is going to hand over lead security responsibilitieses to afghan forces by next summer, a full year before nato is scheduled to withdraw most troops. but the meeting has been marred by tension between the u.s. and pakistan. and violent protests here in the president's hometown. nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd and host of the daily rundown". chuck, this has been really a mixed bag. this was supposed to be a victory lap for the president bringing nato to chicago. they don't meet outside of washington. and yet the protests they had to anticipate that but it's been intense. >> secretary pa net at that time announce this had news that the president announced today it was accidental. three months ago when he talked about this idea of the lead. so it really a lot of the air had been taken out of the balloon what nato was going to be. i think there is a little frustration on the part of the administration that because thump lax sort of news, if you will, from -- that there's some

attention to some of the sidebar issues whether it's zardari, a serious sidebar and these protests which by the way now you understand why the g-8 was moved to camp david. it would have been ten times worse than the clashes they had over the week. >> first president putin does not come to the g-8 with the excuse that he had to create a cabinet which is not like his job anyway. >> never mind that french president hollande two days after taking the oath found time to get here. >> president putin i guess was cleaning out his sock drawer or getting his hair washed, the equivalent. aside from that, they get here and this fight with pakistan arguably pakistan and the center of terrorism against afghanistan and there we've got this wonderful location on the river. but the challenge of the taliban in pakistan and the forces that are -- the terrorists going

across the border is an even greater challenge right now than the combat in afghanistan. >> it is. is signals got crossed. in many ways nato folks felt they had to invite zardari. this was an entire conference about afghanistan. >> they were supposed to have an agreement on reopening the supply lines. >> they thought by inviting zardari he would realize if he's going to get his meeting with the president, he was going to have to cut the deal. he thought he was going to cut the deal with the president and use that meeting. there was no way that the obama administration wanted to put the brez in that situation. this is all over how much per truck essentially to charge. it was sort of in hundreds of dollars. is it pakistan now wants to make it thousands of dollars. this is about zardari's own domestic politics. there was a calculation made if the president sat down with zardari, he would use that moment frankly to show that he was standing up to the americans and as some sort of domestic political play and they didn't want to be used as a prop. >> the bottom line is that the

u.s. and pakistan has done downhill the last five or six months. >> compare the relationship with karzai which is as good as it's probably ever been in this president's administration considering karzai wasn't a big fan of obama at first because of press bush and now everything has flipped. >> this notre dame lawsuit a big challenge coming right after secretary sebelius was booed when she gave a commencement speech at george two. there still is this catholic issue. political problem? >> it depends on how quickly this advances in the courts. you and i aren't lawyers but play it on tv. this feels like one of those cases that in order to fully resolve it, it might have to make its way all the way to the supreme court a year, two years away. it throws it in the spotlight now but there are a lot of republicans who don't want to see this issue come back because it did sort of light the fire on

the gender gap issue that republicans have, and they don't want to revisit that. i think in many ways they hope this lawsuit i think conservatives are going to put their eggs in that lawsuit basket and leave it there. >> quickly, how angry is the white house at cory booker for going on "meet the press" and criticizing obama's attacks on mitt romney and bain capital? >> david axelrod will speak for the campaign. everything i hear, cory booker didn't do that new video to sort of clarify his "meet the press" comment >> he issued a video after "meet the press." >> when you watch sort of how his day went, at first he was very stood up, defended everything he said on "meet the press" in twitter in back and forth >> he said the campaign attacks on bain capital were newsating. >> a couple hours later he ended up with this video. that wasn't because he was tired

of having back and forths on twitter. this came from official parts of the democratic party and people he decided he couldn't make angry, a reminder that the democrats are terrible at staying on message. the republicans are usually so much better at when it's not social issues. they break off. they seem to at least have mitt romney's message down better than they do president obama's. one thing to be careful of, i think there's sometimes a disconnect between are the acela corridor and what plays in the midwest. there's a reason the obama campaign's doing this. it works in places like iowa, wisconsin and ohio. >> chuck, thank you very much, brother. meanwhile those protesters, anti-nato demonstrators are back on the streets of chicago here today turning their anger toward boeing today. boeing head quarter ofs for that company's role in building warplanes and its alled exploitation of tax loopholes. john yang is live for us in

chicago. it has been a tough couple days. how have the chicago police handled it, and what is the damage so far? >> well so far i think the police are getting fairly high marks. they are doing now over at boeing headquarters just over there a few blocks, doing what they've done all weekend essentially. they are letting the protesters do their thing, according to nbc news producer stephanie himango is on the scene right now. 200 or a couple hundred protesters sitting in the front of headquarters singing songs. there's silly string and ca zoos and glitter all over the place. they're letting them play this out. the police clearly set limits but they let the protesters play things out. yesterday, one of the limits they set was they didn't want anyone breaching their barrier to go toward mccormick place. that's when the clashes occurred and when you saw the protesters and the police come together, some batons swung by the police.

sticks swung, garbage pails thrown by the protesters. police superintendent gary mccarthy says they only reacted when they were assaulted, the officers. the protesters say that the police overreacted but the police for the most part were the patient. they let the standoff go on for two hours before they eventually cleared the streets. so i think that the superintendent praised them for their restraint and so far no major confrontations, no major violence. andrea? >> and john, what about the alled conspiracy, the three men who were arrested on charges of a plot supposedly to go after rahm emanuel's house, obama campaign headquarters, the defense lawyers are claiming that they were entrapped. what is the status of that? >> they're still being held on a million and a half dollars bail. it is clear from the court

documents that there was inside information that there was someone perhaps who had infiltrated a police informant who had infiltrated the operation. it's also clear that these three young men had been under surveillance for some time. as you say, the defense attorneys aring entrapment. it's interesting to note these charges are allstate charges. you'd think they're anti-terrorism charges, the feds not involved. the feds took no interest in this case whatsoever, andrea. >> john yang, thank you very much. joining me now from the obama campaign is senior adviser david axelrod. it's great to see you. >> welcome to chicago. >> thank you for the welcome. the sun just came out. everything is bright and shiny in chicago. >> what a thrill to sit in the same seat where minutes ago chuck todd was sitting. >> the political director himself. >> yeah. >> david, what about these threats? obviously the campaign and the mayor's house among the alleged

targets. how concerning has this been? how is it if at all disrupted your activities? >> i'm not going to comment on these specific charges, but i think that the chicago police department has been very an sid duious, the secret service and all the authorities involved. we're grateful for that. this has come off very well. there are some minor skirmishes back and forth but in terms of the security, i think it's been well handled. >> wanted to ask you about cory booker. he goes on "meet the press" and unloads on the attacks on bain capital. and here's a little bit about what he had to say. >> i'm not about to sit here and indict private equity. to me we're getting to a ridiculous point in america. if you look at totality of bain capital's record, they've done a lot to support byes, to grow businesses and this to me, i'm

very uncomfortable. this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. >> then he relations a video trying to explain what he meant to say on twitter. i assume that he heard from someone in the campaign or the white house or both. >> well, i think he probably heard from a lot of people who feel that it's a legitimate issue. when govern romney offers his business experience as his principal and his chief credential for running for office, he never talks about his years as massachusetts governor and i think for good reason because they weren't stellar years. this is his argument. i was a businessman. i can lead the economy. so it behooves us to ask exactly what did you do. some of these cases are disturbing and deserve to be looked at. a lot of folks took issue. i love cory booker. he's a great mayor. if my house was on fire, i would hope he's my next door neighbor.

on this i agree with what he said later. this is a legitimate area for discussion. >> well, he said that the attacks are nauseating. and. >> he was talking generally about the negative tenor of -- i understand andrea, we're running against an opponent who's 90% of the media he's running, he's runs tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars of media have been negative. he was talking about that. he was talking about this issue last week with the super pac and the proposal relative to reverend wright. he was talking about a whole range of things. but on this particular -- in this particular instance, he was just wrong. there are specific instances here that are speak to an economic theory that isn't the right theory for the country. when bain capital can bankrupt companies, walk away with tens of millions of dollars while workers are left without their benefits, with reduced or

without retirement health care benefits and so on, when you know, so many have lost their jobs. >> what do you say to steve ratner who was in the administration. he on "morning joe" made the same point that the business of this kind of bain capital and what these funds do is to take over companies, some win, some lose. they're in the business of not creating jobs but of creating money for their shareholders. >> that's the case that mitt romney's been making. >> mitt romney was making the case as ratner pointed out inappropriately and inaccurately that he was supposed to be creating jobs. that's not what they do. but is it fair to attack them for a company that went bankrupt perhaps after he left? >> he was still the ceo of bain when that bankruptcy was filed. so it's not fair. he takes credit for everything that happened after he left that he considers positive and tries to walk away from this. he can't walk away from this.

he was there when they loaded this company with debt and when they filed for bankruptcy. he shared in the proceeds of that when they made money even as workers lost not just their jobs but also their retirement benefits. and that is -- that's not right. this is what people -- people admire success and understand that their businesses succeed, businesses fail. but what they don't like is when people at the top walk away with enormous riches and people down the line are left holding the bag. >> why does the campaign have fund-raisers at hedge fund -- >> because not every deal is like that deal. not every investor operates that way. not every investor as in the case of ampad which we've talked about today files for bankruptcy, loads a company with debt, files for bankruptcy, makes $100 million on a $5 million investment and then stiffs their creditors 99 cents who are left. >> so you're not taking money

from any wall street or hedge fund guys who actually have been involved in bad deals? >> there's only one guy who's running for president of the united states and offering this as his credential to be president. we're having a fundamental debate about how we build the economy. mitt romney thinks the economy was fine in the last decade and wants 0 go back to those is policies. tax breaks for the wealthy, letting wall street write its own rules. his business theory, his economic theory was reflected in some of these deals. that may work well for him and he's been very good at making money for himself and for his partners. but the question is, is that good for the american economy? is it good for the middle class? we're going to continue to prosecute ta case. >> what about this suit by notre dame and these other dioceses against the administration's new rules? is this going to be a political problem for you? >> i think that the administration struck a common sense.rule here, that doesn't ask these institutions in any

way to sponsor contraceptive services for their employees. many of whom aren't catholic. but gives the employees a chance to access those services through a third party. these institutions don't have to pay for it, don't have to sponsor it. and i think most people agree that's an appropriate compromise. >> david axelrod, thanks for the hospitality. we love the city. >> come back anytime. love to have you. >> thanks for being here today. and coming up next, who got snubbed at the nato summit? that and a lot more with former secretary of state madeleine lynn albright. plus, team romney defending bain capital next, too. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. [ indistinct conversations ] is this what we're doing now? don't get me wrong, i love the french. french fries i love, french kissing. they lost me at the french press. i don't want a plunger anywhere near my coffee.

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pakistan's refusal to lift its blockade of nato supplies bound for afghanistan has somewhat marred the summit for the white house. president obama had invited pakistan's president zardari to chicago and then refused to even meet with him, passing him along to secretary of state hillary clinton. this latest dispute is over whether the u.s. should formally apologize for mistakenly killing 24 pakistan troops in a cross border raid six months ago. with me now to talk about nato summit is former secretary of state madeleine albright. madame secretary, thank you very much. also the author of "prague winter," your wonderful new memoir of the years from '38 to '45. >> it's great to be on with you, andrea. thank you very much. >> it's nato so you've got your nato pin. >> i do. this is a special one. it was given to me by the supreme allied commander.

seems like the ring thing to wear. >> we're talking about afghanistan and whether or not realistically handing over the combat mission to most of the country to the afghan forces in 2013 and then pulling out pretty much completely by 2014. is that a realistic goal? >> i think it is the right goal. the issue here is that it's not the military aspect of afghanistan will end. but what will not end and it's a discussion that they're having here at the summit is the continued civilian work that is going to be done there, helping and restructuring working with the afghans and so and then turning over the security military part to the afghan force. but i think it's very clear that will what will nato has been talking about is the staying power in terms of the civilian aspect of it. >> what concerns do you have about what will happen to the women of afghanistan after nato pretty much withdraws? >> i do have a concern. i've had a couple of panel discussions here about that in terms of making clear that we

can't go backwards in terms of the treatment of women. the women are members of their legislative bodies. they are working in local aspects. the whole isaf, the nato operation and the american operation has been in order to secure that, but i do think that everybody is concerned about that. and it is also a subject of discussion that president obama and secretary clinton are having. >> has president karzai given any guarantees that satisfy you and others amnesty international and other groups have been speaking out this weekend? >> i there that is one of the subjects of discussion. i think it's very clear that is part of the story here and that as has been said, the rights of women have been chiselled into their constitution. so therefore, i think that that will be the continued subject of discussion. >> for there to be relative peace, stability, whatever the goal is in afghanistan, there has to be a cessation of the

terror strikes harbored across the border in pakistan and yet tensions with pakistan have only increased in the last couple of days and weeks and months. there hasn't been a u.s. apology. we understand there's been arguments between the white house, the pentagon and the state department whether there should be an apology, now five, six months have lapsed. zardari the president comes here and president obama won't even see him pep gets snubbed this way. how do we make things right with the pakistan? should we just get it over with and apologize and try to renegotiate this supply agreement and try to get back to the business of getting rid of the taliban in pakistan and the terrorists who are disrupting and killing our troops? >> i do think that our relationship with pakistan may be one of the most important in terms of the whole region. and clearly, it goes back and forth. it's been a difficult relationship for a long time. there are a lot of different pros and cons to it. and i do think that in terms of

what happened on than particular event with the military strike is that obviously there are a lot of facts to it that we all don't nope which is who gave the advice, how did it work, et cetera. i think generally what we understand more and more every day is that the pakistani relationship is a complicated one and key one. i do think that the -- what this is about is transport of material in and out of afghanistan, that the pakistanis obviously have a lot of control over. and i have to tell you this. i think that often things don't happen exactly on the deadline that people predict. and so, i would say that these talks are going to go on, that president zardari did, you kind of passed off, i wouldn't use that term. i think meeting with the secretary of state is a fairly big deal. so i think that the bottom line is that will thissal continue to be an area of discussion, but people need to know that pakistan is one of our most complicated relationships in every single way.

>> and finally, vladimir put putin said that he had to create a cabinet which is not his job, it's the prime minister's job as you well know. is that a snub of president obama? is that just showing russian -- that russia is russia and it's going to be difficult and has not been as helpful as we would like in syria, and iran and other places? >> the relationship with russia also is something at the moment is a little dicey, partially this has all to do as far as, this would be my analysis with president putin's domestic issues and his desire all of a sudden to re-create himself as the power center. and he's always been kind of mixed in terms of nato and i think it's not -- i do not see it as i an snub. i do see it as something which is internal to russia and the way that they're behaving on missile defense has to do with putin living up to his own

legend of returning russia to power. but the relationship on a day to day basis is a lot of stuff goes on between us and the russians. >> and a lot of it isn't very good or very helpful. madame secretary, thank you so much for being with us. >> it's great to be with you in chicago. we see each other many places. >> wonderful. >> and still ahead it, romney campaign adviser eric fern strom will be joining from us boston. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" the nato summit only on msnbc. [ mechanical humming ]

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topping the headlines right now on "andrea mitchell reports," in newark, former rutgers student dharun ravi has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and probation. after being convicted of bias intimidation. the charge stems from an incident in which ra have i used a webcam to spy on his roommate, tyler clementi. kissing another man.

clementi later committed suicide. blind chinese activist chen guangcheng is relaxing and recuperating in new york after arriving from china over the weekend in the schmidtst of arranging his classes at new york university where he and his wife will be studying law. he said he still intends to return to china at some point in the future. and the only man convicted for the pan am 103 terror bombing has finally died. al megrahi lived for three years after being released from a scottish prison. he was released on humanitarian grounds because he was supposedly at death's door. that was all the way back in 2009. the release outraged families of the 259 people who were killed on that flight and 11 others who died on the ground whether he it exploded over lockerbie, scotland. the campaign is not backing off of its attacks. the obama campaign against mitt

romney's work at bain capital. doubling down with this new video today. >> when bain capital because us and am pad come in, that was a whole different story. >> i understand if you got to cut back, layoffs. that's part of the business. we accepted that over the years when we were there. you don't come in and just take everything everybody's got and destroy a business. >> eric fehrnstrom is a senior adviser to the romney campaign and joins me now. eric, thanks so much for being with us. first your reaction to this attack this attack on bain capital and on the ampad company. >> well, thanks, andrea for having me. these attacks are so old, they have cobwebs. we saw of this attack rolled out by some of mitt romney's republican opponents during the primary and it didn't work. before that, we saw these negative attacks on bain being used against governor romney

when he ran for governor in massachusetts in 2002 and it didn't work. look, this election is going to be about jobs and the committee. but i agree with mayor booker who said that these attacks against bain capital and free enterprise are nauseating. i think people deserve better from the president. after all, he promised that if he didn't get this economy turned around in three and a half years, he would be a one-term president. mitt romney is here to collect. >> at the same time, david axelrod was on the program earlier as you probably saw. and this was his position on why they keep hammering away on bain. they think obviously that it's good politics particularly across the midwest and the rust belt. ep says there's also substance here. let's watch. >> governor romney offers his business experience as his principal and really his chief credential for running for office. he never talks about his years

as massachusetts governor. i think for good reason because they weren't stellar years. this is his argument. i was a businessman. i can lead the economy. so it behooves us to ask exactly what did you do, some of these cases are disturbing and deserve to be looked at. he takes credit for everything that happened after he left that he considers positive and tries to walk away from this. he can't walk away from this. >> want to give you a chance to respond. >> i'd say two things. first is that during mitt romney's period of leadership at bain capital, they invested in or helped start up about 100 companies. some of those companies were struggling and some couldn't be saved. that's the nature of our free enterprise system. with respect to mitt romney's period of time as the governor of massachusetts, in that four years as governor, he created on a net basis somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 jobs.

that is more than president obama has created for the entire nation. and at bain capital, of course, the mission there was to create value. that's how the our free enterprise system works. but when you create value, when you add value as they did in trying to improve companies, you also add employment. and a rough back of the envelope estimate of how many jobs they created is well in excess of 100,000. so whether you're talking about mitt romney's experience at bain capital or his experience as governor of massachusetts, he's created more jobs on a net basis than barack obama has for the entire country. >> at the same time, you know, there are winners and losers but isn't it fair to single out companies that might have survived if they had not been bleeded by the investors and the money taken out? isn't there a way that they

could have lasted longer if bain had not pulled the plug on them? >> look, sometimes when companies are in trouble, they require corrective measures. let's take an example lining gener -- like general motors when the obama administration was running general motors, they shut down plants they closed dealerships. they laid off employees. they had to change benefits forever workers to make them less costly. that's the nature of free enterprise. today, general motors is a profitable company because of the steps that were taken to bring their costs in alignment with their revenues. but look, you know, every job loss is devastating. we will have 238 million americans who are out of work or underemployed. that's why the mitt romney is running for president. he has a strong pro growth agenda to turn this economy

around. flew of your viewers want to learn more, go to mitt romney.c romney.com. >> okay. eric fehrnstrom, thanks for joining us here on our road trip to the nato summit. thanks very much. and up next, containing the economic crisis in europe. what about greeces? this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. uncer) most life insurance companies look at you and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. we're bringing humanity back to life insurance. that's why only aviva rewards you with savings for getting a check-up. it's our wellness for life program, with online access to mayo clinic. see the difference at avivausa.com. so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes?

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before coming here to chicago for the nato summit, the president hosted a g-8 economic summit over the weekend to deal with greece and the potential crisis in the eurozone among other matters. joining me now, in bremer president of theure asia group and author of the new book "every nation for itself, winners and losers in a g-0 world." for those of us who have come from the g-5 to the g-7 to the

sxwrait, zero implies it's falling apart. no super power able to really force decisions and no collective will to take on hard choices. tell me what your prim exis from the nato meetings and the g-8. >> i think that's right. i mean, we can get together and put lots of folks in suits on a stage and they can come up with speaking points but decisions are not being taken. the euro zone has been in crisis for almost two years now. the united states is certainly not going to write any checks though we'll dispense plenty of vice. neither will the chinese. we see this with assad in syria. it's a bigger problem for the turks and the lebanese than it is for us but no one else is going to do it either. when we talk about the climate summits, copenhagen, durbin, cancun, at the global level the united states is not prepared to provide that form of leadership. our allies are very distracted. the europeans and japanese.

everybody else that increasingly has power but very poor countries don't have the experience and the willingness. that leads us in a g-0. i hate to say that, but that's where we are. >> and there's a picture that came out of camp david saturday night which you could almost tell you exactly where they are on the g-8 right now regarding the euro zone because they all decided to watch the overtime shoot-out with the chelsea which chelsea ended up defeating the german team. you see angela merkel looking grim faced as the others were cheering on chelsea. that is the way it has now evolveded with hollande now representing france, no partner in sarkozy. there's really no one speaking up for her position of austerity. what you get out of g-8 communique on the eurozone is some would say a lot of very ambiguous lang to say the least. >> it's been ambiguous for a

while. look, the germans are not positioned to want to provide any significant support to the greeks until after their elections occur on june 17th. they want to ensure that the pressure is still there. the greek people feel it so they don't vote out of anger but want them to vote out of fear. the last greek election 35% didn't bother to show up at the polls. this time around, 85% of the greeks just this weekend saying they still support the euro zone and you don't see the hard left party looking like they're going to pick up the government. as long as we get to the june 17 and the greeks put together a bare bones government that shows that they can work with the europeans then you'll see more flexibility from germany but the broader point is that yes, merkel's position is getting is chipped away from a lot of different places including from opposition within her own government. and we also see that have absent international support from the americans, the chinese or anyone else, that the breadth and depth

of this recession going on in europe is going to be much greater than we'd like it to be. >> ian bremer, the book is "every nation for itself," and it could not be more timely. winners and losers in a g-0 world. thanks for being with us. coming up next, why catholics are now suing the white house. the administration, over birth control. you're watching a special edition "andrea mitchell reports" live from the nato summit in chicago only on msnbc. [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. e-trade 360 is the world's first investing homepage that shows you where all your investments are and what they're doing

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plus facebook not living up to the hype on day two of being publicly traded. shares plummet below the 38 maryland ipo price. we'll have a live report. >> the university of notre dame is fighting the obama's administration requirement for most employers to cover contraception saying the decision violates religious freedoms. joining me pete williams. you've been looking at this case. there are a lot of political implications down the road. legally, what is their claim? >> it's also the catholic university here in washington and the archdiocese of new york, washington, d.c., and michigan. what they all say is that they're still dissatisfied with the state of negotiations over this requirement. you recall the administration had said that the schools didn't have to pay for this coverage. but what they say is that the law still makes a distinction

that they think isn't fair. there is an exception in the law that says churches don't have to provide this coverage. but schools, charities, other religious organizations do have to provide it. and what they basically say andrea, it's not fair. let me quote briefly from the president of notre dame. he says if we concede that the government can decide which religious organizations are sufficiently religious to be awarded the exception, that is to say he says the freedom to follow the principles of their mission we've begun to walk down the path that ultimately leads to undermining those institutions. the president of the catholic university says he's not very satisfied with the concession the administration made because he says that religious institutions will end up paying for this coverage anyway. the insurance companies will pay for it, the schools say that that cost will be passed along to them. andrea, they've basically joined lawsuits that have been pending for several months now over

this, and we've just begun to see some of the court battles that will undoubtedly go on for months. >> and is there any chance that these court cases will be decided in one way or the other between now and the election day? >> well, there may be be some district court opinions on them. but i think whoever loses in the district courts will continue in the perld appeals courts so i can't imagine. there may be some decisions but i can't imagine the overall struggle will be resolved. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. good to see you and what political story will be headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next right here. terol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work?

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which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? joining me now from washington, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics, chris cillizza. we look at the class photo of the nato summit wrapping up.

they'll have a news conference before they leave town. but chris, already in chicago, i think david axelrod has made a little news right here in reacting to kory booker. >> your show, and i'm be just saying this because i'm on every day. news again. this is very clearly at the top of your show. david axelrod saying i like cory booker but he's wrong. the key thing to look at. put aside all the thing he said about negative campaigning. the key was in terms of the mistake he made. you can't if you're an own surrogate equate talking about bain capital with talking about reverend wright. that's absolutely not a fair comparison. one is part of mitt romney's record. one is someone who barack obama has already distanced himself from, explained his relationship with in the 2008 campaign. so that comparison is one that the obama campaign simply could not let stand. it is why i think they were probably helpful in pushing mr.

booker to do an explanatory video later and it is why david axelrod said on your show. very clearly sending a message. >> loud and clear indeed. the president, we should point out, after leaves nato today will go to joplin, missouri. the first anniversary of the fatal horrible twister. he's going to go zo the commencement at the joplin high school. that's a very important stop. >> the single most deadly tornado in american history. 160 plus people killed. may 22 is the anniversary. a nice night for joplin to get the president to come give your commencement address. >> indeed. our congratulations to all the brave people and the people who fought back so hard in joplin, missouri and their commencement. thank you for being with us. that does it for this special edition from the windy city. angela mitchell reports. tomorrow on the show, texas

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